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Unknown artist 19th/20th century

Year

1900

Medium

Dekor i underglasyrblått. H 57.Of rectangular baluster form on a flat base and with slightly waisted and flaring neck rising from the shoulders flanked by moulded animal-head handles with moulded rings, painted on the body with a central wide band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, on a ground of scrolling tendrils and stylised bats, set in between two narrow bands with tendrils and bats, interlocked ruyi-heads below the shoulder, a band of cloud motifs and bats in white on blue on the shoulder, with stylised upright plantain leaves on the neck and a lappet band above the foot

Category

Ceramics